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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 7:32 a.m...

Hi!

My Fuel has arrived today. I was very happy. I plugged in everything needed and pushed the power button. Solid red light, blinking white light and automatic power off :shock:

What the hell is that?

I don't have any experience with SGI machines but I'd like to have ... :cry:

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 8:14 a.m...

I've connected the Fuel with my BeOS machine through serial connection. Here's the outpput what I've got:

IP35 PROM SGI Version 6.210 built 02:33:51 PM Aug, 26, 2004
Running in DDR mode
Testing/Initializing memory ......... DONE
Copying PROM code to memory.... DONE
Discovering local IO .................... DONE
Discovering NUMAlink connectivity ........
Local hub NUMAlink is down.
*** Local network link down
DONE
Found 1 objects (1 hubs, 0 routers) in 30360 usec
Waiting for peers to complete discovery .... DONE
No other nodes present; becoming global master
Global master is /hw/rack/001/bay/01
Initializing any CPUless nodes ..... DONE
Checking partitioning information .... DONE
No other nodes present; becoming partition master
Loading BASEIO prom ...... DONE

BASEIO PROM Monitor SGI Version 6.210

At this point it turned off

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 8:33 a.m...

I haven't got any cables for Fuel

I have only this big red lovely box ...

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 8:41 a.m...

I wouldn't like to argue but L1 port on my Fuel looks like usb connector on my HP Deskjet.
I can recognize a serial port connector :wink:

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 8:57 a.m...

Pardon me, you're right :oops:

I connected the cable to the motherboard but I've not received any "readable" output. I can type in if it's needed. Maybe wrong settings?

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 9:17 a.m...

The correct is 38400/8/1/n

001a01 ATTN: XIO 12V bias low warning limit reached 10.500V

001a01 ATTN: XIO 5V high fault limit reached @ 6.630V

001a01 ATTN: brick auto power down in 30 seconds ...

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Problems with Fuel at Dec. 21, 2006, 10:20 a.m...

After turning off the L1 everything is fine

Thanks everyone!

Is it possible to upgrade that evil L1 monitor?

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Indyboy
From Lost in EU
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of F.S. indy r5k 256 GR3-XZ graphics presenter card 2x9gb 10k at March 9, 2007, 7 a.m...

P.M. sent.

Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of What made you a SGI fan? at June 20, 2008, 3:51 a.m...

mapesdhs wrote:

Indyboy wrote: ... but unfortunately the diamond of my collection is still missing

If it wasn't for the lack of working PSUs, I'd put a number of Indigos on eBid, low start, no reserve. I must have
nearly 30 Indigos, but nowhere near enough working PSUs, R3K or otherwise, so in my garage they must stay for
the moment. :\ ( pic 1 , pic 2 ; taken after new shelves purchased back in January. More Indigos are stored elsewhere)

I do have a number of CPU/gfx boards which I'll list soonish, but no systems to list until I can find some more PSUs.
That's a real problem with Indigo now: the TOD battery can be replaced, but finding more PSUs is a pain. However,
I heard from someone who's rigged up a normal ATX PSU inside the original PSU case, but it's a lot of work.

Ian.

No, lack of money

It looks like I can get an R4k config in good shape but unfortunately w/o sled(s) and with LG1 gfx. It's hard to get an SGI here in Hungary so I'm more than happy that this beauty showed up.

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Indyboy
From Lost in EU
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of best anime movies ever - absolutely must haves at July 4, 2008, 11:43 a.m...

Full Metal Panic, Blue Gender, Nausicaa, TRIGUN!!! :mrgreen:

Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Maxx Desktop--Support and Discussion at Oct. 10, 2008, 2:38 a.m...

MaXX Desktop DR2 is out!

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of 600MHz O2 Is Up And Running!! at Dec. 16, 2008, 5:01 a.m...

Is that decompiled image available somewhere on the net?

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Onyx3800 arrived. 8) at March 9, 2009, 1:19 p.m...

Whoa

Really nice config, such a beauty!!! Congrats for undamaged crates - I'm always nervous when I'm waiting for a comp from abroad - you know, bad experiences with uPs

Everything that was shipped by them I've got with heavily damaged packaging. Fortunately there are careful packagers

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Quiet SCSI harddrives at March 20, 2009, 7:41 a.m...

Fujitsu MAM3367MC 36GB 15K U160 80pin
Fujitsu MAP3367NC 36GB SCSI Ultra320

Are these drives quiet? I'm looking for a quiet drive for my I2. I've already found a Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 36GB but it's too expensive

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Quiet SCSI harddrives at March 24, 2009, 7:44 a.m...

Ooops ... Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware of narrow bus - U320 drives issue :oops:

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Indyboy
From Lost in EU
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Timewaster: SGI haiku at July 25, 2009, 2:39 a.m...

Ladies and gentlemen, a masterpiece! Great work :lol:

Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of If you use nekoware, read this..... at Dec. 16, 2009, 4:32 p.m...

+1

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Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of Why do Alphastations go for over $1,000 ? at Feb. 3, 2010, 2:56 a.m...

It's a scam. No one on the earth with more than 2 neurons would buy these machines for such a price. I've got an AlphaServer 300 4/266 for free (more precisely from dumpster) and a PWS 433a for ~25 Euros and I speak about Hungary, not USA where IT stuff is much cheaper ...

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Indyboy
From Lost in EU
Who joined Nov. 21, 2006, 9:05 a.m.

Wrote on the subject of Challenge L, 6*R4x00, 1GB, HIPPI at Feb. 3, 2010, 3:23 a.m...

Is it possible to use more than 4 cpus (1 nodeboard) in a Challenge DM? :shock:

Indyboy
From Lost in EU
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Wrote on the subject of Challenge L, 6*R4x00, 1GB, HIPPI at Feb. 3, 2010, 2:14 p.m...

I've managed to understand jan-jaap's sentences right after sending the comment :oops:

and decided not to touch my comment in hope that some interesting info will pop up :mrgreen:

Sorry for the pollution

Indyboy
From Lost in EU
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Wrote on the subject of Challenge L, 6*R4x00, 1GB, HIPPI at Feb. 6, 2010, 3:11 p.m...

Thanks for your time and devotion! I'm eagerly waiting for your next observations or solutions for this problem. It'd to be nice to build a 16 proc system :mrgreen:

Indyboy
From Lost in EU
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Wrote on the subject of Challenge L, 6*R4x00, 1GB, HIPPI at Feb. 9, 2010, 11:19 p.m...

jan-jaap wrote:

Indyboy wrote: Thanks for your time and devotion! I'm eagerly waiting for your next observations or solutions for this problem. It'd to be nice to build a 16 proc system

Not possible, at least not in a deskside. Only 5 E-bus slots, and you need at least one for memory, and one for I/O. So max is 3 CPU boards. I'll have to settle for 12 * R10K But they will be the 2MB L2 model.

OK, my bad, I've had 12 proc system on my mind

According to lunatic it's possible so I'm really excited how it could be done.

Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of Resurrecting an old IBM PC at March 6, 2010, 11:44 a.m...

I've got the guts of an old IBM PC - mobo, isa riser card, fdd and psu. The mb fru is 87F4769, psu Zytec EP 071120 90W (IBM GBMno27F4920, IBM ENGno27F4919). After a lot of googleing turned out that the mb is from an PS/2 8525 model 25sx (it looks out like this but it has 2MB of memory) or PS/1 model 2123. PSU was identified as it comes from PS/1 Pro 386sx. Any idea? :?:

BTW the board powers up, but it throws 163 and 161 errors even after replacing the battery

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Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of AIX freeware repositories? at March 24, 2010, 1:16 a.m...

What about http://www.perzl.org/aix/ ?

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Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of AIX freeware repositories? at March 25, 2010, 12:25 a.m...

It's working here, without any problems. Please try again :mrgreen:

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Indyboy
Big Fan
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Wrote on the subject of Irix 6.5.5 source code at April 29, 2010, 3:08 p.m...

I've spotted a tarball named Irix 6.5.5 source code on a site dedicated to share data between people

My question is if it really contains the source code does it have any real value nowadays? The mentioned version was released in 1999 and doesn't support any 'modern' SGI hw

Thanks for sharing your opinion

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Indyboy
From Lost in EU
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Wrote on the subject of What IBM hardware do we have..? at Dec. 4, 2010, 8:37 a.m...

IBM PS/2 model 25SX and ThinkPad A21e - both saved right from the dumpster in really bad shape

Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Happy Holidays at Jan. 1, 2012, 2:13 a.m...

Happy new year to you and thanks Neko for running this great forum !

Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of What HP/DEC/Compaq do we have. at Jan. 25, 2012, 1:03 p.m...

AlphaServer DS10
HP 700/60

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of MicroVAX 2000 at April 29, 2012, 12:45 a.m...

Sorry for the lame question but how to open a VAXstation 2000? Screws are out but nothing moves :oops:

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Converting a SunFire V240 to a desktop machine at April 29, 2012, 3:56 a.m...

Hi guys,
I've got a V240 and I was very happy but the machine produces unbearable noise which drives me crazy. I'd like to have and use a SPARC machine but the only way to achieve that is by making it (more) silent.
My idea is building a custom case with a silent power supply and fans. I found out that the V240 system board is quite similar to the Blade 2500 mainboard . There's a thread on Nekochan about rewiring an ATX PSU for Blade 1500 .
My question: is it possible to build such a machine? Where can I find the V240 system board PSU pinouts?

Thanks a lot,
indyboy

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Converting a SunFire V240 to a desktop machine at April 29, 2012, 12:24 p.m...

smj wrote:

I'm not sure if the V240 Service Manual or othe docs found here will include that - you may need to find a copy of the Field Engineers Guide that includes that model.

Were I in your situation, I'd first look at just replacing the fans and seeing how far that would get me - start by checking noise (dbA) specs for current fans versus likely replacements. But in the end, keep in mind it may be cheaper to buy/trade for a 2500 than rig a V240 for "silent running."

I think replacing the fans wouldn't be so hard except the PSU where I'd risk the destroying of the PSU(s) with a not suitable fan

It's a low-end config with 1 GHz CPU and 2GB of memory w/ disks but in good shape and I have the rails too. I highly doubt that I can trade it even for a Blade 150

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Altix 350 parts (Compatible with Origin 350) and rack rails at June 16, 2012, 12:55 a.m...

What happened with the Origin350-IO10 experiment?

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Is it possible to disassemble an Altix Rack? at Oct. 27, 2012, 1:50 a.m...

You can try to lift it up and get it inside through the window

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Happy Holidays at Dec. 24, 2012, 9:01 a.m...

Best wishes to you guys

Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of Nekochan 10th anniversary? at Feb. 18, 2013, 2:01 a.m...

Happy next 10 years!

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Downtime at Dec. 17, 2014, 10:28 a.m...

Thank you Neko for running this amazing site/forum!

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Indyboy
From Somewhere in Hungary
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Wrote on the subject of Using a CF or SD card in an Indigo? at July 15, 2015, 10:33 a.m...

Trippynet wrote: I sent the below in response to a PM, but then felt I'd post it publicly just in case it's of any use to anyone...

This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I've tested the following drives with success in my Indigo2:

36GB, 15K, ST336754LC (Moderate noise)
36GB, 15K, ST336753LC (Low noise)
36GB, 15K, ST3146855LC (VERY Low noise) - my current Indigo2 system drive

73GB, 15K, ST373454LC (Moderate noise)
73GB, 10K, ST373207LC (Low noise)
73GB, 10K, BD07285A25 (Quite noisy, I use one of these as an OS clone disk for my Indigo2)
73GB, 10K, ST173404LCV (1.8" high, noise level unknown as it was provided as an original OS clone disk with my system).

146GB, 15K, ST3146855LC (VERY Low noise)

300GB, 10K, ST3300007 (Moderate noise)
300GB, 10K, BD3008A4B6 (An HP re-badged Seagate Atlas 10K V) (Low noise) - my current Indigo2 data drive

Like I say, just in case anyone finds it remotely useful...

The 36GB and 146GB 15k disks have the same model number

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Indyboy
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Wrote on the subject of O2 Vice MPEG2 discovery at Nov. 5, 2015, 9:42 a.m...

Interesting project, keep up the good work!

Indyboy
From Lost in EU
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Wrote on the subject of dead O200 at Nov. 10, 2015, 11:49 p.m...

I got 2 O200s which were mixed together to make at least one working but no success. Is it possible effectively to kill the machine with interchanging the parts?

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